National Climate Change Action Plan for Public Health (2014-2018).

This National Climate Change Action Plan for Public Health (NCCAPPH) for the period of 2014-2018 provides a set of specific actions and measures in response to the climate change risks and impacts on the public health of the Cambodian population.
The Plan establishes the following Strategies: 1. to increase resilience capacity of the population in combating vector-borne and water borne diseases arising from climate change; 2. to reduce impacts of extreme weathers and disasters through better emergency preparedness and response plans; 3. to build knowledge of the population and health personnel to cope with climate change impacts. The actions under the Strategy 2 include: 1) Development and implementation of data collection system on health outcomes arising from natural disasters and other man-made disasters, taking into consideration gender impacts; 2) Strengthening emergency preparedness and responsive network and plans, including food safety response, at all levels. One of the actions under the Strategy 3 is: Promoting public education and awareness campaign with a focus on women through different means on health impacts of climate change, including disease control, prevention, treatment, epidemic preparedness, nutrition and sanitation and hygiene.